719 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 138 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Santa Cruz, CA — of 719 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $159,542 median of 104 | 104 |
| FY2025 | $147,700 median of 138 | 138 |
| FY2024 | $149,999 median of 132 | 132 |
| FY2023 | $135,750 median of 106 | 106 |
| FY2022 | $120,800 median of 131 | 131 |
| FY2021 | $112,000 median of 108 | 108 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Santa Cruz, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SANTA CRUZ-WATSONVILLE, CA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Santa Cruz itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Joby Aero, Inc. | $160,000 median of 283 | 283 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | $98,500 median of 189 | 189 |
| Amazon | $175,800 median of 87 | 87 |
| Editorialist YX LLC | 8 filings — too few for a median | 8 |
| Plantronics, Inc. | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Rehab Specialists California, LLC | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Cruz Foam, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Santa Cruz Bicycles, LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Duke Empirical Inc Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| WeShape Wellness, Inc Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| HP Inc. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Unnatural Products Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Nooma Bio, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Albion Environmental, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Telivy, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| J.R. Filanc Construction Company, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Switchback Systems, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Mynt Systems, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Jaaz Inc Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 3 filings — too few for a median | 3 |
| Timberlab, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Precision Physical Therapy & Fitness Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Five Branches University, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Santa Cruz Waldorf Assn. Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Voltus, Inc. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Bonsai Robotics Inc. | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 97 employers in total filed for a worksite in Santa Cruz; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Santa Cruz, CA, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
Etech Global IT Solutions LLC (119)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Santa Cruz
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We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.